Stadium show launches year of culture after Brexit blow
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Locally-born stars including poet laureate Simon Armitage, singer Corinne Bailey Rae and presenter George Webster performed at the Leeds 2023 opening ceremony at Headingley rugby ground. The event was titled The Awakening, and Armitage and his band LYR performed a specially-written ode to the city, in which he urged: "Wake up Leeds, you've got gold in your veins."Ten thousand tickets were given away for the show, which was hosted at the home of the Leeds Rhinos by BBC Radio Leeds presenter Sanchez Payne and BBC Sport's Gabby Logan.
Current sporting stars who took part in the show included Paralympian Kadeena Cox and rugby league player-turned-coach Jamie Jones-Buchanan.The chorus of Opera North joined Chumbawamba frontman Dunstan Bruce and Leeds band Hope and Social for a rousing performance of Chumbawamba's 1997 anthem Tubthumping.
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